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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



snrroiiiHlod 1».\ (ho cliiikoiis tliat greedily devoured Iiis simhiin. Tuber- 

 culosis Av;is Imind in ciiHlc on the same ranches in Califovnia (hal re- 

 l>or(ed ihe disease in chickens. 







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It is tr-ue that the prolonged cooking to which fowls are subjected 

 before being eaten snrely kills the bacteria, but the house wife or cook 

 upon whom falls the task of drawing the intestines and other viscera 

 is almost sure to contaminate the fingers with tubercle bacteria if the 

 bird is affected. When we remember that ordinary washing of the hands 



